It has been nice winds since yesterday and we are making good progress towards Onahama, Fukushima. We are expecting a low pressure passing on us, so we have just prepared for that. Now the sails are small.

Our favorite time on the boat is meal time. But, to be always on the safe side, we should avoid cutting, or cooking on the stove on the rocking boat. Even if we really want to cook, most of the ingredients go bad after a month. In that circumstances, freeze-dried foods are the best. I knew Amano’s freeze-dried foods had good quality. Every time I travelled to Japan for a visit, I always bought brought them back to the States. Green onion, Shijimi (shellfish) miso soups are really good. When I checked their online store to prepare for this voyage, I got to know more variety of items, like nyumen (noodles), donburi, pastas… I ordered them and all the items tasted pretty good, so we decided to choose these for our main foods for the voyage. Amano feeds me for breakfast, lunch, dinner and mid-night snack. You should try some too! OK, what’s for lunch?